TSM is helping Oundle School to celebrate its 450th Anniversary
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 TUESDAY 11th July 2006
10:30 Welcome
Reception
-----in the Great Hall Gardens
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-----[inside the Great Hall if wet]
10:30 Registration (Great Hall)
11:10 Jonny Griffiths, Paston College:
Jazz on the Great Hall Steinway!
11:30 Welcome, from
.........Charlie Bush, Headmaster
.........and
the Tutors
12:45 Drinks, lunch
14:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
16:00 Tea
16:30 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
18:45 Drinks and Dinner
20:30 Informal gathering, led by
Nils Ahbel, Deerfield Academy, USA:
"The Metre, Mozart and bioMechanics"
WEDNESDAY 12th July 2006
07:00 Swimming Pool available
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Delegates' Forum
1st plenary session to exchange ideas, led by Birender Chamola, The Doon School, Dehradun, India
12:45 Drinks, lunch
14:00 OPEN WORKSHOPS (2 hrs)
A chance to visit a third workshop,
OR
In Maths Dept S9:
+ Cambridge-Hitachi IWB
...Michele Conway (CUP) - Maths S9
In the Great Hall, Arthur Marshall Rm
+ Interwrite Graphics Tablet
...Douglas Butler - Great Hall
+ TI: SmartView and what's new
...Spencer Wiliams, Adrian Oldknow
+ Chartwell Yorke Maths Software
...Gillian Entwistle, Susan Yorke
+ Toshiba Tablet Laptop (tbc)
...Ruth Tanner (Lodge Park TC, Corby)
or time free to look around Oundle
16:00 Tea
16:30 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
18:45 Drinks, Dinner
20:30 Informal gathering led by
Tobias Cooper, Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney: 'Technology Showcase from Down Under'
THURSDAY
13th July 2006
07:00 Swimming Pool available
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Delegates' Forum
2nd plenary session to exchange ideas
led by Rob Smith - Asst Director, Liaison with Schools, NCETM
12:45 Drinks, Lunch
14:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
16:00 Tea and depart
Delegates will
choose one workshop in each 6 hr strand to concentrate on,
but will be able to try others in
the Open Workshop slot.
Those successfully completing the course will receive appropriate certification.
Delegates are (optionally) asked to bring ideas to present at the two "Delegates' Forum" sessions.
Labs:
IT1 (24), IT2 (24), IT3 (16),
S5 (12+ 8 Lap), Lang.Lab
(26)
Also Maths S9
(15 Laptops + IWB)
Max: 125
All workshops will address general ICT issues and the creation of lesson plans. |
STRAND A: MS OFFICE for Mathematics
(6 hrs)
A1 - Word and The Internet for Mathematics
[Douglas, + Mike W]
Sorting out symbols, equations, diagrams in Word; using hyperlinks;
importing text, graphics, data from the Web, Excel and Autograph
[TSM-resources]
A2 - Putting Excel to work (beginners/intermediate) [Nils,
+ Karl]
How to get started with Excel, creating sequences, graphs and charts,
filling down, formulae and text. Simple simulations.
[Nils' web] [Karl's web]
A3 - Excel for Statistics and Data Handling
[Sidney, + J-J]
Excel is a powerful and dynamic tool for investigating and demonstrating
mathematics and basic statistics.
[Sidney's web] [Sidney's Excel] [DISCUSS site]
A4 - Excel for advanced users
The common first half of this workshop will show the spreadsheet to be ideal for constructing relationships and for problem solving, using a set of classroom resources created for able students in KS3 & KS4. Then:
Graeme: Excel for investigative Mathematics
This half will then focus on Excel use in investigative mathematics at secondary level.
Mike: An introduction to Visual Basic
This group will look at techniques for producing interactive Excel workbooks, including:
Customizing Excel, Using the Macro recorder and writing simple Visual Basic
[Graeme's NRICH page] + [Mike's Maths Files]
A5 - Teaching with CAS (Computer Algebra)
[Marlene, + Martin]
The integration of CAS into secondary mathematics. Investigation, mathematical modeling, proof and problem solving - using DERIVE and the TI-Voyage 200
[Marlene's web site: CAS TIME]
A6 - Autograph in
the classroom [Alan, + Kate]
Working on laptops in a classroom with an Interactive
Whiteboard and Tablet PC, trying out lesson plans.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
STRAND B: Dynamic Classroom (6 hrs)
B1 - Autograph: beginners/intermediate
[Karl, + Graeme]
B2 - Autograph: intermediate users
[Alan, + Marlene]
Object selection and the right-click menu; ideas
for dynamic lessons on straight lines, coordinate geometry, vectors, transformations,
graphs, scatter diagrams, histograms, including the GCSE Stats Project
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
B3 - Autograph:
for AS / IB [Martin, + Sidney]
1D: Prob.distr., hypothesis tests, histograms, c. lim.
th.
2D: Graphs, functions, numerical methods, rigonometry; calculus, coordinate geometry; bivariate data;
residuals.
3D: lines, planes, vectors; surfaces; volumes of rev.
B4 - Autograph-based Investigation and Modelling Activities for A2/IB students
[Mike
W, + Nils]
Various ideas for developing tasks to explore mathematical ideas and concepts essential for success at A2/IB Mathematics HL. The more advanced features of Autograph will be used.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
B5 - GSP/ Cabri 2, 3D
[Kate + J-J]
Dynamic geometry (Euclidean plane): constructions; scripts.
Applications to circle theorems, transformations; triangles and polygons;
recreational mathematics: fractals, tesselations
B6 - Autograph in the classroom
[Douglas, + Mike H]
Working on laptops in a classroom with an Interactive
Whiteboard and Tablet PC, trying out lesson plans.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
TUTORS:
NILS AHBEL, Deerfield Academy, Mass, USA
GRAEME BROWN, NRICH project, Cambridge
DOUGLAS BUTLER, Oundle
School, Peterborough
ALAN CATLEY, Tyne
Metropoitan College, Newcastle
MIKE HADDEN, freelance consultant, Hereford
JEAN-JACQUES DAHAN, IREM, Toulouse,
France
KATE MACKRELL, freelance consultant, Canada
MARLENE TORRES-SKOUMAL, CAS-TIME (Vienna)
SIDNEY TYRRELL, Coventry
University
KARL HAYWARD-BRADLEY, Oundle School
MARTIN WITHINGTON, Moreton Hall, Shropshire
MIKE WAKEFORD, Skagerak
Int. School, Norway
The TSM
Resources CD was
published in Nov 2005 with ATM's 'Micromath' Magazine. These and new resources, will be available on the school's
Intranet |
